Bracing for Armageddon : Why Civil Defense Never Worked
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195183193
ISBN-13
9780195183191
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 27th, 2006
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
554 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 24.10 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
History of the Americas20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Civil defence
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Presents a survey of the US government's civil defense plans from World War II. This book argues that the purpose of federal civil defense was to legitimize deterrence policy and the arms race through false assurances to the masses that they could survive nuclear war and to hide the astronomical expenses of programs to protect the political elite.
This timely book is a concise survey of the U.S. government''s civil defense plans from World War II to the present, including Cold War detonations, Reagan-era Star Wars, and contemporary issues of homeland security. Garrison argues that the true purpose of federal civil defense was to legitimize deterrence policy and the arms race through false assurances to the masses that they could survive nuclear war and to hide the astronomical expenses of programs to protect the political elite. In examining the popular reaction to civil expense plans, she reveals how the public, recognizing the suicidal nature of nuclear war, ridiculed and rejected civil defense, crippling plans for its implementation.
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